The Shrine

It's a simple story, stretched out over two hours. A poorly hidden timeline twist that you'll figure out an hour before you're supposed to; and the payoff is a tacked on bit of drama that has almost nothing to do with the main plot.

It was bloated with subplots and moody atmospheric shots, lots of deliberate vagueness, and scenes that felt redundant and unnecessary: and this was the disguise the filmmakers tried to put on to give the appearance of depth to what was nothing more than shallowness.

That's what I took away from it at least, although film critics LOVE it!

Yeah this movie sucked. Fell for the critic bait. Must cleanse with xXx: Return of Xander Cage!

It's a similar formula that Interstellar and Contact used. Only not as well as either.

Not bad, but Oscar material? Probably not.

I've heard that the re-release they're doing for the Academy Awards is even longer. I really can't imagine additional story making this movie any better.

Don't get me wrong, it's a great concept.

But it's kind of like the last Bond film, poorly executed. MI5 proved that the same concept as Spectre could be done a lot better.